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The Bluesman: The Musical Heritage of Black Men and Women in the Americas by Julio Finn

Black America/Black Power Books

Original Book (500g)£10.00
Original USA paperback in good condition
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Examines the spiritual, social, and anthropological roots of the blues, discussing African animist religion, the slave trade, Voodoo, Hoodoo, and the early country blues and its modern urban electric equivalent, and profiles major blues performer. Deep innit

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Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela Rejoice

Two long-time associates of the legendary Fela Kuti come together on Rejoice. Afrobeat drumming pioneer Tony Allen and the (now sadly departed) South African...

African , Funk/Soul

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LP£25.99
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CD£13.99
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Miles' Diary: Life of Miles Davis 1947-1961 by Ken Vail

Good book!

Jazz, Books

Original Book (700g)£12.00
Secondhand out of print paperback in good condition
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John Coltrane - A Sound Signature John W. Selfridge

Out of print USA papaerback

Jazz

Original Book (300g)£10.00
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Coltrane - The Story Of A Sound Ben Ratliff

Description: No other jazz musician has proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. Ben Ratliff, jazz critic for the New York Times, has...

Jazz, Books

Book (300g)£10.99
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Roots Radics Junjo Presents 12 Inches Of Dub+ General Echo 12" Of Pleasure CD

Roots Radics 12 Inches Of Dub; mixed by Scientist saw a limited vinyl only Record Store Day pressing in 2019. This previously unreleased crucial dub set...

Reggae, Roots, Dub

12" Of Dub – Young Banana Dub
Roots Radics – Set Your Dub On Fire
Roots Radics – Pum Pum Dub
Roots Radics – Young Gal Dub
Roots Radics – Tribulation Dub
General Echo 12" Of Pleasure – Lorna She Love Young Boy Banana
Roots Radics – It's My Desire To Set Your Crutches On Fire
Roots Radics – Me Know Everything About She Pum Pum
Roots Radics – Old Man Love Young Gal Vegie
Roots Radics – This Are The Cockie Tribulation

1. 12" Of Dub – Young Banana Dub
2. Set Your Dub On Fire
3. Pum Pum Dub
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2×CD£15.49
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The Good Auld Days: The Story of Scotland's Entertainers from Music Hall to Television by Gordon Irving

Original Book (800g)£12.00
Secondhand hardback book w/dustjacket
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Passion is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash by Pat Gilbert

Punk, Books

Original Book (900g)£15.00
Secondhand hardback book in good cond
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Diana Ross: A Legend in Focus (2000)by Sharon Davis

Funk/Soul, Books

Original Book (1.4kg)£12.00
Large format secondhand hardback book
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The Folk Music Encyclopaedia by Kristin Baggelaar And Donald Milton (1977)

Folk, Books, Rock

Original Book (1kg)£15.00
Secondhand out of print hardback book ex-library with stamps in good condition
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A Simple Brazilian Song James Woodall

Brazilian, Books

Original Book (200g)£7.00
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Stardust: The David Bowie Story by Henry & Tony Zanetta

Rock, Books

Original Book (900g)£15.00
Secondhand out of print first edition hardback with dust jacket in very good condition
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More Advanced Electronic Music Projects by R.A. Penfold

Electronic , Books

Original Book (200g)£3.00
Secondhand book - sleeve very dirty!
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Dusty : An intimate Portrait Of Dusty Springfield (2008)by Sharon Davis

Funk/Soul, Books

Original Book (600g)£10.00
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If I Can Dream: Elvis's Own Story by Larry Geller And Joel Spector (1989)

A long-time confidante of Elvis Presley reveals intimate details of the legendary performer's dreams and disillusionments, showing his disintegration due...

Rock, Books

Original Book (700g)£10.00
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Transformer The Lou Reed Story

Rock, Books

Original Book (800g)£10.00
Out of print edition USA hardback book in good condition
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Frequency Synthesizer Theory and Design

Rare book on synthesizers. Hardback secondhand w/dustjacket in plastic, ex library w/stamps

Books

Original Book (900g)£40.00
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Octavian Endorphins

23 year old Angolan / French / British rapper Octavian continues his meteoric rise with the release of a brand new mixtape. Titled Endorphinsit his second...

Hip-Hop, Grime, Bass/Dubstep

Octavian – Gangster Love Intro
Octavian – King Essie
Octavian – Molly Go Down
Octavian – Take It Easy ft Smokepurpp
Octavian – Bet ft Skepta & Michael Phantom
Octavian – Feel It ft Theophilus London
Octavian – Risking Our Lives >> AAA + Interlude

1. Gangster Love Intro
2. King Essie
3. Molly Go Down
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LP£19.99
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Emeli Sande Real Life

Fourth album release from pop/soul singer, Emeli Sande!

Funk/Soul, Indie Rock / Pop

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LP + Download Code£18.99
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Sex Pistols: 90 Days At EMI by Brian Southall

'As new' secondhand book

Punk, Books

Original Book (200g)£8.00
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In The Spirit by Michael P Smith

Wicked New Orleans pix!

New Orleans Music, Books, Funk/Soul

Book (600g)£20.00
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The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music by Richard Williams

s/hand book

Jazz, Books

Original Book (300g)£6.00
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Afro-Brazilian Percussion Guide Candomble By Kirk Brundage

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is an important cradle of Afro-Brazilian culture, and home to musical styles that form the bedrock of much of today's popular sounds....

Brazilian, Books

Book (300g)£18.00
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Roy Heath The Murderer (1979)

A very good short story about flawed characters and evocative of a time and place in Guyana. secondhand paperback

Black Britain

Original Book (200g)£7.00
Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback in good condition
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Black Music in the United States: an Annotated Bibliography by Samuel A. Floyd Jr & Marsha J. Reisser

Includes section on Bibliographies of bibliographies and Bibliographies on biographies (!) and 'records and record collections'

Black America/Black Power Books

Original Book (650g)£20.00
Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA hardback, ex library , w stamps, no dustjacket
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The Outsider Albert Camus

It's a classic

Original Book (200g)£6.00
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Motown - Artist by Artist by Pat Morgan

Motown, Books, Funk/Soul

Original Book (600g)£7.00
Original UK hardback small tear on front
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Scooby: The Glory of the Ride by Stuart 'Scooby' Cochrane

More Ibiza madness

House Music, Books

Original Book (400g)£8.00
Original secondhand book in ok condition
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Warrior & His Oriental Brothers International My Success (1981)

Original Nigerian Vinyl! Vinyl/sleeve VG Lots of surface scratches plays well /sleeve F/G- +High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+

African

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Original LP£20.00
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From the heat of the Day by Roy Heath

Caribbean Books

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Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback, pen mark inside
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Angelique Kidjo Celia

African , Funk/Soul

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CD£11.99
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LP£19.99
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Changing Jamaica Adam Kuper

Original secondhand hardback first edition (laminated dust jacket, ex library w/stamps)

Books, Caribbean Books

Original Book (400g)£12.00
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The Vice Lords Warriors of the Streets

Rare USA small secondhand book in good condition - cultural anthropology case studies about the legendary street gang. This is 1978 edition with different...

Black America/Black Power Books

Original Book (200g)£25.00
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The Buzzcuts Dead or Alive (Extended Mix)

Previously only released on CD, the extended mix of a cult party classic - a key staple in a DJ Harvey set! Very limited copies in circulation- don't sleep...

New Disco and re-edits, Disco

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12"£10.99
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Gerald McCauley Wondering

"Wondering" that came as a result was brought to life by the singer and industry insider Gerald McCauley, who turned his soul inside out for the performance....

Funk/Soul

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7"£6.99
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Leeway Lee Morgan Discography

Excellent discography on man like Lee Morgan, every record session! "Roger Wernboe has done Jazz scholars, fans, and collectors a great favor. Thanks...

Jazz, Books

Book (200g)£25.00
Out of print RARE paperback book. NEW, SEALED OPENED ONCE
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The Clash FAQ All That s Left to Know About the Clash City Rockers

OVER 50% OFF!!!Founded by guitarist Mick Jones and fronted by the legendary Joe Strummer, the Clash had the charisma of Elvis, the integrity of the Beatles,...

Books, Punk

Book (700g)£15.99 £6.99
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Gypsy Music in European Culture From The Late 18th to the Early 29th CenturiesNortheastern University Press

USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK 65% OFF!!!! THAT's £17 OFF!!!! Translated from the Polish, Anna G. Piotrowska's 'Gypsy Music in European Culture' details the...

Books, Deep Cult and Roots Music

Book (500g)£25.00 £8.00
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Laviscount Brass Jamarona / Push Ya Push Day

VERY HEAVY & RARE CALYPSO TUNE - junp-up heavy percussion and brass instrumental cut 2-sider!

Calypso

Laviscount Brass – Jamarona
Laviscount Brass – Push Ya Push Day

1. Jamarona
2. Push Ya Push Day
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Original 7"£30.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed rare original CALYPSO 45. Deadstock poss few marks plays fine.
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today by Derek Taylor (1987)

Books

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S/hand paperback book in good condition
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Contemporary Music: An Introduction by Francis Routh (1968)

Neat secondhand small hardback book w/dustjacket. Varese, Schoenberg, Copland

Books

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Justo Betancourt Y Su Conjunto Borincuba Ella Esta En Otra Rumba (1979)

Heavy two-sider on Fania

Latin

Justo Betancourt Y Su Conjunto Borincuba – Ella Esta En Otra Rumba

1. Ella Esta En Otra Rumba
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Original 7"£20.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Unplayed Latin 45
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I Am Not Your Negro Written by James Baldwin, Directed by Raoul PeckAltitude

Documentary narrated by Samuel L Jackson based on James Baldwin's book documenting race in America and the death of his close friends Martin Luther King,...

Films

DVD£6.99
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Soul of a Nation (BOOK)Art in the Age of Black Power

BACK IN STOCK!!!!In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young Black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions...

Jazz, Black America/Black Power Books, Art Books

Book (1.4kg)£30.00
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African Musics in Context. Institutions, Culture, Identity by Thomas Solomon

African Musics in Context discusses the place of performing arts in Ugandan society, archiving music and music sources, performing archival music, performing...

African , Books

Book (550g)£20.00
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Namba Roy No Black Sparrows

'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s" Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...

Caribbean Books

Original Book (200g)£15.00
Secondhand out of print ex-library paperback copy, library stamp half removed on front page and small tear otherwise good
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Covers Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London

Superb deluxe hardback book. "Covers: Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London" is a project by photographer Alex Bartsch documenting reggae album covers...

Books, Reggae

Book (850g)£25.00
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Blood Posse (1994)by Phillip Baker

Yardie stylee! 'This book follows the life of Danny, a young Jamaican growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s. At the age of 18, in the middle of a sectarian...

Books, Reggae

Original Book (300g)£8.00
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Just Above My Head by James Baldwin

'This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers' Edmund White, Washington Post When Arthur Montana, world-renowned 'Emperor of Soul',...

Cult Literature Classics

Original Book (900g)£20.00
UK 1st edition hardback w/dustjacket covered in plastic in great condition
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Music in Africa by Adana Dzemila

Africa is such a large and diverse continent. Outside Africa, there is often only talk about Africa as one country: For example Tunisia and Tanzania could...

African , Books

Book (200g)£7.99
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Lion Songs Thomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe

NEARLY 70% OFF ORIGINAL PRICE! LOVELY USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!! Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader...

Books, African

Book (750g)£29.99 £7.99
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The Bluesman: The Musical Heritage of Black Men and Women in the Americas by Julio Finn

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